Container for umbrellas



y 1932- J. A. MAXWELL. JR

CONTAINER FOR UMBRELLAS Filed Dec. 51, 1929 Snventor (Ittorneg Fig-.2

Patented May 31, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT orrica JOHN A. MAXWELL, JR.,OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO FOLLMER, CLOGG & (10., OF NEWYORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK CONTAINER FOP. UMBRELLASApplication filed December 31, 1929. Serial No. 417,686.

that is so thin that it readily can be carried in a mans pocket orwomans handbag or even in a vanity case. In its extended position, itis'a longnarrow sheath enclosing closely completely the umbrellathroughout its length and made entirely of a waterproof textile materialwithout any rigid parts, and can hold and completely enclose the wetumbrella and yet allow it to dry, and will protect the occupants of thecar from contact with it.

It may be secured firmly to the car body and so kept in a vertical'position and prevented from swinging.

The device has a sheath of flexible waterproof material that isclosedpermanently at the bottom, and at the top has a mouth to receive theumbrella, which may be closed by an attached cover. .It has strapssecured to it for attaching it to a portion of the car body, and a meansfor ventilating the sheath, so that the umbrella contained in it willdry rapidly.

Fig. 1 is an elevation of one side of the device withthe sheathunfolded,.and the cover for the mouth extended,'but not fastened to 353the car body, nor containing an umbrella. Fig. 2 is anelevation of theother side under like conditions. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the packageformed by the device when the sheath is folded. Fig. 4 is a sideelevation of the package formed by the device when the sheath is folded.Fig. 5 is an elevation of the upper fragment of the device, as it willappear when containing an umbrella. Fig. 6 is a section on line 66 ofFig. 1.

My container has a long sheath 1, madeof a flexible water-proofmaterial, for convenience it is made, in practice, of a single piece,turned over and stitched together at the side by a row of stitching, 17The hottom 0 is closed by the stitches, 14:. The top is open and forms amouth into which the umbrella can be inserted. The sheath is adapted tobe tied, bottom downwards, to some portion of the car body, by straps 3and 2, a portion of each of which is secured, preferably by rows ofstitching 12 and 13, to the sheath 1, which they encircle. These strapshave portions extending beyond the sheath 1', long enough to pass aroundor through a suitable means of support in the car body. Theyarepreferablytwo in number, as thus any swing of the container isprevented, when the umbrella is contained in it.

The straps 2 and .3 have at their endse, 5 a snapper fastening, onemember 7, of which ispositioned on the strap near its free end and theother member 8 on the portion of the strap 7, that is sewed to thesheath. The sheath has also the ventilators 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 79 located atdifierent positions on the sheath 1, which consist, in practice, ofeyelets having preferably a wide flange to give a good bearing on thesheath.

The top of the sheath 1, has a flap 16, 7.3

that is adapted to cover the umbrella completely, and tobe fastened downby the snapper having one member 9, on the flap and the other 10, on thesheath. A braid 11, is folded over and sewed to the flap and sheath goby the stitches 18.

The empty extended she th, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is of considerablelength, fully long enough to hold an umbrella, but it may be folded, asshown in Figs. 3 and 4, into an exceedingly small compass, being quitesmall enough to be putin the pocket or into a handbag as it has no rigidparts and is formed entirely of a waterproof textile fabric which may bevery thin and light. so

The umbrella will extend the sheath, as shown in Fig. 5. The container,when holding the umbrella, can rest its bottom on the floor of the caror be supported wholly from I the straps 2 and 3, or one of them.

The wet umbrella will drip off only a small portion of the water intothe bottom of the sheath, unless the umbrella, contrary to presentcustom, is composed of heavy rain absorbing material, where it will soonevaporate and 1,00

pass out through the ventilating holes a, a, a, a another portion willremain in the fabric of the umbrella where it will evaporate and passout through the holes a, a, a, a, a, which 5 are spaced along the sheathat suitable dis tances from each other.

While the drawings are not made to scale they substantially show therelative sizes and shapes of the container when flat when folded Q andwhen rounded out to contain an umbrella.

I claim:

1. A container for holding and drying wet umbrellas formed entirely offlexible waterproof material and consisting of a closed 16 sheath ofsuch material of substantially the cross section of the umbrella,fitting snugly over the folded umbrella cover and of substantially equalcross section throughout and open only at the top, and provided withventi- 20 lating holes along its length.

2. A container for holding and drying wet umbrellas formed entirely offlexible waterproof material, and consisting of a sheath of suchmaterial closed completely and permanently at the bottom and along itslength where it covers the umbrella cover, except for ventilating holesand of a fixed diameter just i sufficient to fit snugly over said coverand having eyeleted ventilation openings along the length of saidsheath.

3. The device as defined in claim 2 wherein the sheath is formed of asingle sheet of material folded OVGI on itself and sewed together alongthe edges at the side and bottom.

JOHN A. MAXWELL, JR;

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